Rick Estrin & The Nightcats • At Arena Theater October 22

    One of the favorites on the Mendonoma Coast is Rick Estrin, the Blues star who's piloted the wildly fun and musically fearless Rick Estrin & The Nightcats for the last decade, touring the world and proving night after night why they won the 2018 Blues Music Award for Band Of The Year. The combined talents of blues harmonica virtuoso and sly, soulful singer Estrin, guitar mastermind Kid Andersen, keyboard wizard Lorenzo Farrell and endlessly creative drummer Derrick “D’Mar” Martin take Estrin’s inventive, original songs to new and unexpected places. On stage, the band’s ability to deliver an unpredictable, no-holds-barred show is unmatched. The concert comes to Arena Theater on Saturday, October 22 at 7:00pm.

     In addition to Estrin’s celebrated songwriting and spectacular harmonica playing, he and the band are among the most entertaining and colorful showmen around. Estrin’s flashing harmonica solos, quick wit and signature hipster-cool look, Andersen’s off-the-cuff guitar pyrotechnics, Farrell’s mighty organ and piano work and D’Mar’s dynamic drumming bring instant fun to their live performances. “People don’t go out to see people who look like themselves,” says Estrin. “They want to see something special. I was schooled in this business to be a showman, and that’s what you get when you come to see us perform. We know how to put on a show. I feel sorry for anyone who has to follow us.”

     In 2019, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats released their fourth studio album, “Contemporary,”  demonstrating the band’s ability to use tough blues and raucous roadhouse rock as jumping off points for exhilarating new roots music.

     More about Rick Estrin and the band is at https://rickestrin.com/

     The Arena Theater bar and snack stand will be open. All Covid restrictions have been removed.